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It was one fine day in Coron, Palawan. Before I dipped into the waters of Kayangan Lake, I approached a mother who’s painting the landscape according to her image. She is Marilyn from France who is traveling with her model daughter. After she finished her masterpiece, I asked her permission for it to be photographed. […]
Whatever social networking place you go in the interwebs, once that travel bug had bitten you, it is automatic to pin, to repost and to follow features and influencers of travel. Case in point, our favorite photo sharing app – the Instagram. Set aside the local celebrities who at their boiling points passive-aggressively sharing quotes […]
Bali is my favorite island outside the Philippines. It is like a compressed Luzon island where different land and water forms are reachable only within hours. I enjoyed wandering around the Balinese beaches, cliffs, lakes, and mountains with temples all over. While it is an island meant for honeymooners, a solo backpacker like me still appreciated the island filled with goodness of people and landscapes.
Music by The Script, “Ordinary Human”
For a programmer who is so used to Java machine language, getting to the Java Island in Indonesia is an interesting homage. I visited two special regions of the island: Jakarta and Yogyakarta. With the help of my couchsurfer friend, I roamed around the city capital and took time to know more about Indonesia through bank, puppet, history and art museums, and churches, masjids and temples of different religions. Then I flew to Yogyakarta to witness the extravagance of the centuries-old temples.
Music by Tim McMorris, “A Little On The Wild Side”
An adventurer who travels light leave their heavy and bulky cameras at home. It is a smarter preference. In my opinion, if someone is not going to make money out of selling his photographs, then it would be better for him to take the smartphones with him in travel instead. Because these compact witdevices will […]
Travel can be cheap. For the first of the two-part article on how to travel more for less, I’m sharing some pointers before and after booking plane tickets. Travel by air takes the lion share from the expenses pie. So getting it done in cheaper-than-cheap price is already half the battle. Daig ng matiyaga at […]
I know it’s been some time. And there’s something on your mind. I see, you haven’t been the same since that cold November day. There’s a voice encouraging you to move on but you don’t know where to begin, and heck, you don’t even know where broken hearts go. The relationships that sadly ended (and […]
Prolly you’ve heard so much about the journey is more enjoyable than the destination. What makes the journey more memorable is how the traveler himself or herself decides or prepares on reaching the destination. The consequences of the traveler’s choices based on his or her personality generate good stories to share. After sharing some adventures […]
We have been to the places in the Philippines na parang pag-ibig. We don’t see the LRT and MRT the same way before anymore. And now, in tradition of these allegories and metaphors, I bring you the third installment of the Parang Pag-ibig series. We shall be taking off shortly so please straighten up your […]
When I sought help from Indonesia-based couchsurfers in Facebook, one common denominator I got from their travel tips is to expect heavy traffic. So I assumed capital city is definitely busy. That’s why more often than not, one would hear there’s lesser to see in Jakarta. Probably because since one’s spent most of his time […]